Statistical Functions
Statistical Functions
AVERAGE
Formula: =AVERAGE(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 30.
2. MEDIAN
Formula: =MEDIAN(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 30.
3. MODE.SNGL
Formula: =MODE.SNGL(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 20, 30, 40}, the result is 20.
4. MODE.MULT
Formula: =MODE.MULT(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 20, 30, 30}, the result is 20 and 30.
5. STDEV.P
Formula: =STDEV.P(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 14.14.
6. STDEV.S
Formula: =STDEV.S(A1:A10)
Example: For the same data, the result is 15.81.
7. VAR.P
Formula: =VAR.P(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 200.
8. VAR.S
Formula: =VAR.S(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 250.
9. MAX
Formula: =MAX(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 50.
10. MIN
Formula: =MIN(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the result is 10.
11. COUNT
Formula: =COUNT(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, "Text", 30, 40}, the result is 4.
12. COUNTA
Formula: =COUNTA(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {10, 20, "Text", 30, 40}, the result is 5.
13. PERCENTILE.INC
15. RANK.EQ
16. RANK.AVG
17. T.TEST
18. NORM.DIST
19. FREQUENCY
21. COVARIANCE.P
22. COVARIANCE.S
23. LINEST
24. TREND
26. FORECAST.ETS
27. RSQ
28. CHISQ.TEST
29. Z.TEST
30. F.TEST
31. SKEW
Formula: =SKEW(A1:A10)
Example: For data {1, 2, 2, 3, 10}, it returns 1.45.
Simplified Meaning: Measures asymmetry in data distribution.
32. KURT
Formula: =KURT(A1:A10)
Example: For data {1, 2, 2, 3, 10}, it returns 2.65.
Simplified Meaning: Measures peakedness of a data distribution.
33. LARGE
Formula: =LARGE(A1:A10, 2)
Example: For data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the 2nd largest value is 40.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the nth largest value in a range.
34. SMALL
Formula: =SMALL(A1:A10, 2)
Example: For data {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the 2nd smallest value is 20.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the nth smallest value in a range.
35. QUARTILE.EXC
Formula: =QUARTILE.EXC(A1:A10, 3)
Example: For {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the 3rd quartile is 40.
Simplified Meaning: Divides data into quartiles (excludes min/max).
36. QUARTILE.INC
Formula: =QUARTILE.INC(A1:A10, 3)
Example: For {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the 3rd quartile is 40.
Simplified Meaning: Divides data into quartiles (includes min/max).
37. CONFIDENCE.NORM
38. CONFIDENCE.T
39. DEVSQ
Formula: =DEVSQ(A1:A10)
Example: For {10, 20, 30}, the result is 200.
Simplified Meaning: Sum of squared deviations from the mean.
40. GEOMEAN
Formula: =GEOMEAN(A1:A10)
Example: For {1, 2, 3}, the result is 1.82.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates the geometric mean of values.
41. HARMEAN
Formula: =HARMEAN(A1:A10)
Example: For the data {1, 4, 4}, the result is 2.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the harmonic mean, useful for rates or ratios.
42. BINOM.DIST
43. BINOM.INV
44. POISSON.DIST
45. EXPON.DIST
46. NORM.INV
48. NORM.S.INV
Formula: =NORM.S.INV(0.95)
Example: For 95% probability, the result is 1.645.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the Z-score corresponding to a given cumulative probability.
49. LOGNORM.DIST
50. LOGNORM.INV
Formula: =LOGNORM.INV(0.8413, 0, 1)
Example: For a probability of 0.8413, mean = 0, SD = 1, the result is 4.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the value for a given probability in a log-normal
distribution.
51. CHISQ.DIST
52. CHISQ.DIST.RT
Formula: =CHISQ.DIST.RT(2, 3)
Example: For the same data as above, the right-tailed result is 0.5724.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates the right-tailed probability of a chi-squared distribution.
53. CHISQ.INV
Formula: =CHISQ.INV(0.95, 3)
Example: For 95% probability and 3 degrees of freedom, the result is 7.8147.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the chi-squared value for a given cumulative probability.
54. CHISQ.INV.RT
Formula: =CHISQ.INV.RT(0.05, 3)
Example: For 5% right-tail probability and 3 degrees of freedom, the result is 7.8147.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the chi-squared value for a given right-tail probability.
55. F.DIST
56. F.DIST.RT
Formula: =F.DIST.RT(2, 4, 5)
Example: For the same data as above, the result is 0.2896.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the right-tail F-distribution probability.
57. F.INV
Formula: =F.INV(0.95, 4, 5)
Example: For 95% probability, numerator df = 4, denominator df = 5, the result is
6.3882.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the F-value for a given cumulative probability.
58. F.INV.RT
Formula: =F.INV.RT(0.05, 4, 5)
Example: For 5% right-tail probability, the result is 6.3882.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the F-value for a given right-tail probability.
59. GAMMA.DIST
60. GAMMA.INV
Formula: =GAMMA.INV(0.5, 3, 2)
Example: For a probability of 0.5, alpha = 3, beta = 2, the result is 4.304.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the value for a given cumulative gamma probability.
61. GAMMALN
Formula: =GAMMALN(4)
Example: For 4, the result is 1.7918.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, useful in
advanced statistics.
62. GAMMALN.PRECISE
Formula: =GAMMALN.PRECISE(4)
Example: Similar to GAMMALN, for 4, the result is 1.7918.
Simplified Meaning: Provides the precise natural logarithm of the gamma function.
63. HYPGEOM.DIST
64. NEGBINOM.DIST
65. PHI
Formula: =PHI(1.5)
Example: For 1.5, the result is 0.1295.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the value of the standard normal distribution’s probability
density function.
66. WEIBULL.DIST
67. BETA.DIST
68. BETA.INV
Formula: =BETA.INV(0.6875, 2, 3, 0, 1)
Example: For a probability of 0.6875, alpha = 2, beta = 3, range 0 to 1, the result is 0.5.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the value of x for a given probability in a beta distribution.
69. PERMUT
Formula: =PERMUT(5, 3)
Example: For 5 items taken 3 at a time, the result is 60.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates the number of permutations (order matters).
70. PERMUTATIONA
Formula: =PERMUTATIONA(5, 3)
Example: For 5 items taken 3 at a time with repetition allowed, the result is 125.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates permutations with repetition.
71. COMBIN
Formula: =COMBIN(5, 3)
Example: For 5 items taken 3 at a time, the result is 10.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates combinations (order doesn’t matter).
72. COMBINA
Formula: =COMBINA(5, 3)
Example: For 5 items taken 3 at a time with repetition allowed, the result is 35.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates combinations with repetition.
73. PERCENTILE.EXC
74. PERCENTILE.INC
Formula: =PERCENTILE.INC(A1:A10, 0.9)
Example: For {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, the 90th percentile is 46.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the k-th percentile of values, including min and max.
75. PERCENTRANK.EXC
76. PERCENTRANK.INC
77. MODE.MULT
Formula: =MODE.MULT(A1:A10)
Example: For {1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4}, it returns 2 and 3.
Simplified Meaning: Finds multiple modes in a dataset.
78. MODE.SNGL
Formula: =MODE.SNGL(A1:A10)
Example: For {1, 2, 2, 3, 4}, the result is 2.
Simplified Meaning: Finds a single mode in a dataset.
79. TRIMMEAN
81. RANK.EQ
82. SMALL
Formula: =SMALL(A1:A10, 2)
Example: For {10, 20, 30, 40}, the second smallest value is 20.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the nth smallest value in a dataset.
83. LARGE
Formula: =LARGE(A1:A10, 2)
Example: For {10, 20, 30, 40}, the second largest value is 30.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the nth largest value in a dataset.
84. STANDARDIZE
85. COVARIANCE.P
86. COVARIANCE.S
87. CORREL
88. FORECAST.LINEAR
89. SLOPE
90. INTERCEPT
92. STEYX
93. T.DIST
94. T.DIST.RT
95. T.DIST.2T
96. T.INV
Formula: =T.INV(0.95, 10)
Example: For 95% probability and 10 degrees of freedom, the result is 1.8125.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the t-value for a given cumulative probability.
97. T.INV.2T
98. F.TEST
99. CHISQ.TEST
100. Z.TEST
101. CHISQ.DIST
Formula: =CHISQ.DIST.RT(2, 5)
Example: For the same value, the right-tailed result is 0.8427.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates the probability for the upper tail of the chi-squared
distribution.
103. CHISQ.INV
Formula: =CHISQ.INV(0.95, 5)
Example: For a 95% cumulative probability and 5 degrees of freedom, the result is
11.07.
Simplified Meaning: Finds the chi-squared value for a given cumulative probability.
104. CHISQ.INV.RT
Formula: =CHISQ.INV.RT(0.05, 5)
Example: For a 5% upper-tail probability, the result is 11.07.
Simplified Meaning: Returns the chi-squared value for the upper-tail probability.
105. BINOM.DIST
106. BINOM.DIST.RANGE
107. BINOM.INV
108. POISSON.DIST
109. EXPON.DIST
110. GEOMEAN
Formula: =GEOMEAN(A1:A10)
Example: For {1, 3, 9}, the geometric mean is 3.
Simplified Meaning: Calculates the geometric mean, useful for growth rates.
111. HARMEAN
Formula: =HARMEAN(A1:A10)
Example: For {2, 3, 4}, the harmonic mean is 2.7692.
Simplified Meaning: Computes the harmonic mean, useful for rates like speed.
112. CONFIDENCE.NORM
114. F.DIST
115. F.DIST.RT
116. F.INV
117. F.INV.RT